Book Creator | Write Your Story Day

Teacher Guide

Your

Write

Story

March 14th 2023

Day

Literary Devices, Audience/Theme Relationship, Storytelling Voice

Teacher Guide

How to Use This Remixable Resource

1. If you haven't already done so, press the "Remix" button to make a copy of this template in the library of your choice.

2. Use the guide on the next page and the template pages in each section to create a digital lesson activity book that you give to students. Think of this book as student friendly lesson plan that is like a roadmap for learning.

3. Depending on your content, process, and learning environment, determine what the students will produce in order to show what they know. This might mean they each remix this resource (be sure to make that a setting if so) or that they use another book to show their learning.

4. Consider recording your voice as you read the instructions or the prompts for students (some examples have been included), adding in videos of yourself explaining key concepts, and changing the prompts to match your classroom needs.

5. Delete the teacher guide pages before sharing your digital lesson activity book with students in your library.

Teacher Guide

Lesson: Tell Your Story Writing Activity

Timing: 30 - 60 minutes

Overview: Students will understand first person point of view writing and use it to write a three part story about themselves.

Learning Objective: Students understand the words we use when writing in first person perspective and can write a short story from first person perspective.

Success Criteria: Students write a three part, short story from first person perspective that includes a setting and a main charecter.

Process: This book is "remixable" and can be adapted to meet your personalized classroom needs. You're invited to give it to students for them to complete.

Teacher Guide

Section Descriptions

Engage

Spark wonder and questions by introducing the topic/theme/or key concept

Explore

Explore a variety of multimedia sources related to key concepts

Explain

Try it out and make a small version of the final product so questions can be answered

Apply

Show what you know and apply the learning so far

Reflect

Reflect on learning and how to apply it in other domains

Extend

Ways to keep going or make the final product even better

Story

By YOUR NAME

Redesign this page later as the cover of your book

ENGAGE

Instructions: Watch the video of a children's story being read aloud

Listen for how the rate, pitch, volume, and tone of the storyteller's voice changes

ENGAGE

After watching the Engage video find a partner in the room and perform the following task for 5 minutes and then respond to the prompt.

For about 5 minutes, take turns with a partner and tell a story using your best storyteller voice about a random object without saying what it is; remember to be as descriptive as possible, thinking not only of the visual description, but also of words that describe texture, sounds, taste, etc.

Reflect: why was this task hard or easy and what could you do differently next time to make it easier?

Add text, audio, or video response here

Explore

Instructions: what the following video about literary devices and listen for ideas to use in your story written or children.

Which device is both appropriate to use with your audience and also allows the reader to understand the story the way you intended?

Read about the literary devices here.